Malls · Pennsylvania

Schuylkill Mall

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedDemolishedFrackville, PA

Opened 1980. Closed 2018. Redeveloped.

Status nowDemolishedextracted, unreviewed

documented

Demolition of the mall was completed on September 5, 2018, and an industrial warehouse called Clayco was built to replace it.

en.wikipedia.org

What it becameindustrialextracted, unreviewed reported

Site size727,000 sq ft GLAEsri 2014 layer reported

Last sale$2.1M · 2017public reporting

Retrofit yearNot yet retrofittedstatus reported

Walkability4.5 of 20 · 15-minute 1 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap

Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Schuylkill Mall. Photo: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile14 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors

Bon-Ton Department Store

This site: Bon-Ton Department Store wikipedia · all sites with this

Kmart

This site: Kmart wikipedia · all sites with this

Sears

This site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this

Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.twitter.com/schuylkillmall overture · all sites with this

On Twitter

This site: …https://www.twitter.com/schuylkillmall overture · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …http://www.shopschuylkillmall.com overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

Car-dependent block group (EPA < 6)

This site: …index 4.5 epa-walkability · all sites with this

County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012

This site: -13% census-cbp · all sites with this

Low social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)

This site: 0.25 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Shrinking county

This site: -0.2% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +98% census-acs · all sites with this

Scale

Building footprint 50,000+ m²

This site: 95,504 m² overture · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: …an industrial warehouse called Clayco extraction · all sites with this

New use

Logistics and industrial

This site: …an industrial warehouse called Clayco extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

Status	Demolishedextracted, unreviewed documented Demolition of the mall was completed on September 5, 2018, and an industrial warehouse called Clayco was built to replace it. en.wikipedia.org
Strategy	Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed documented The development company built an industrial warehouse called Clayco as a replacement for the mall. en.wikipedia.org
New uses	industrialextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there now	an industrial warehouse called Claycoextracted, unreviewed documented an industrial warehouse called Clayco was built to replace it. en.wikipedia.org
Redeveloper	Northpoint Developmentextracted, unreviewed reported

Deals and debt

Date	Event	Price	Parties	Source
2017	Sold	$2.1M closed	Northpoint Development LLC ← Empire Realty	Wikipedia

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Schuylkill Mall” and “Frackville” (107 hits, first 100 sampled, 8 other filers such as tenants left out). No commercial-mortgage trust names this mall in the sample, which does not rule out a securitised loan. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

Kind	Filer	Filings	Dates	Forms
Public owner (strong)	PENNSYLVANIA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST	60	2003-05-22 to 2010-03-16	8-K 38, 10-Q 13, 10-K 7, 8-K/A 1
Public owner (strong)	CROWN AMERICAN REALTY TRUST	13	2001-02-14 to 2003-11-07	8-K 6, 10-Q 4, 10-K 3

Site context

Transit within 800 m	no rail stationOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km	124A, 124B, junctionOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	2: NEW CASTLE IND; SCHUYLKILL MALL STPEPA FRS
Census tract 42107001400	2,120 people, 80 per sq mi; median household income $82,546; median gross rent $850; 12% renters; 17.8% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 4.5 of 20; 5 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.59; 7,972 jobs within 45 min by car; 8% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	1 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 0 schools, 0 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 0 civic, 2 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 0 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Schuylkill County (PA), 2024	72 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 167 single-family; 2023: 0 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.25; socioeconomic 0.43; housing and transport 0.21; 15% below 150% of poverty; 5% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	0 within 10 km, 1 within 25 kmcomputed
Overture Maps	place Schuylkill Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.92, from Foursquare, Overture, Overture-signals); building footprint 95,504 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.shopschuylkillmall.com (alive) · social: facebook, twitterOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	76,107 since 2015; 4,236 in the last 12 months (-7% vs the prior 12); peak 2017-05 with 1,914Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population -8% (2,291 → 2,120); median income +98% ($41,680 → $82,546); renters 16% → 12%; median home value +64% ($66,500 → $108,700)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	very low overall (score 16.4); expected annual loss $695,118; high: winter weather; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	5,199 jobs in 412 establishments; average annual pay $33,788; employment location quotient 1.04; employment +0.8% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	4,934 jobs; 48 in retail trade, 183 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 42107001400)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 46th income percentile as adults; 3.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (233 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 86% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 14.8%; median family income $58,800; 105 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	St. Clair Area School District (KG-12); 1 public school within 1 mile: Schuylkill Technology Centers-North CampusNCES EDGE
Elevation	1,573 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	99 county-logged events: 75 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 6 flood, 6 hail; $362,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 17901, 2026-09	median list price $169,945 (+13.4% on the year); 101 active listings; median 52 days on market; 16% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	443 establishments (-13%); 5,431 jobs (-6%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $179,851 (+4% 1 yr, +37% 5 yr); typical rent $1,147/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	21,295 vehicles a day on SR 0061 SH (principal arterial); 14 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Schuylkill Mall opened in 1980 with Kmart, Hess's, and Sears as anchors, later adding Pomeroy's and Phar-Mor. Ownership shifted from Crown American to PREIT, Empire Realty, and finally Northpoint Development in 2017. The mall closed in 2018 and was demolished, with the site now slated for an industrial warehouse (Clayco).

Why. The record shows anchor turnover, multiple ownership changes, and a 2016 Sheriff's Sale listing, indicating financial strain that preceded closure and demolition.

Where it stands. The site is currently demolished and controlled by Northpoint Development, which purchased the property in 2017 for $2.1 million.

For a planner

Precedent: strategy indicates redevelopment to industrial use.
Policy tools: not stated in the record.
Open questions: timing of entitlements, extent of site remediation, future land‑use approvals.

For a developer

Site size: 727,000 sq ft GLA.
Control: Northpoint Development (owner since 2017).
Entitlement stage: strategy lists redevelopment to industrial use; after_notes notes an industrial warehouse called Clayco, implying entitlement progress.
Constraints: flood, transit, and environmental context layers are not provided in the record.
Market signals: tract‑level data are not included in the record.

What we do not know yet

Anchor loss details and financial debt specifics are not described.
Environmental conditions, flood risk, and transit access are unknown.
Exact zoning status and any required remediation are not stated.
Several fields (e.g., origins, developer, after_notes) are marked as model‑extracted and unreviewed.
Verification status is 'draft', indicating potential data incompleteness.

Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.

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West Manchester Mall, York County, PA · Malls · similar GLA (702,000 sq ft); opened 1981; same strategy: redevelop

Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: Schuylkill Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here

Pages with photos

How Schuylkill Mall In Frackville, PA, Went Fro… bestattractions.org
Schuylkill Mall flickr.com
Schuylkill Mall (Frackville, PA) : r/deadmalls reddit.com
Shopping at the Schuylkill Mall in Frackville pennsylvaniaandbeyondtravelblog.com
One Last Trip Around the Schuylkill Mall skooknews.com
SCHUYLKILL MALL - THE COMPLETE HISTORY youtube.com
Neon Rocketship: Schuylkill Mall In The 90's - Pocket Change A… neonrocketship.com
Video Vault: Schuylkill Mall Grand Opening wnep.com

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closed or demolished site (sourced)
727,000 sq ft GLA (large site)

Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

History and original facts

Opened	1980Wikidata
Closed	2018extracted, unreviewed documented The mall closed officially on January 15, 2018. en.wikipedia.org
Gross leasable area	727,000 sq ftEsri 2014 layer reported
Stores at peak	70Esri 2014 layer reported
Original developer	Crown Americanextracted, unreviewed documented Crown American, a shopping center development company based in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, opened Schuylkill Mall on October 9, 1980. en.wikipedia.org
Anchors	Steve & Barry's, Phar-Mor, Sears, Kmart, Bon-Ton Department Store, Black Diamond Antiques, Hess's, Pomeroy's
Address	I-81 & Rt. 61
County	Schuylkill
Census division	2 · Mid-Atlantic
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

Not yet recorded: acres, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.

Background

Schuylkill Mall was an 800,000 sq ft (74,000 m2) shopping mall located in Frackville, Pennsylvania, United States. Built in 1980 by Crown American, the mall originally featured Kmart, Hess's, and Sears as its anchor stores; later additions to the mall included Pomeroy's and Phar-Mor. In its day, it was one of the largest shopping malls in the state of Pennsylvania.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

1980 Opened (Wikidata)
1980 Opened
1983 Pomeroy's became fourth anchor
1991 Phar-Mor opened as fifth anchor
2003 PREIT acquired Crown American portfolio
2007 Sold to Empire Realty
2016 Listed for Sheriff's Sale
2017 Sale to Northpoint Development completed
2017 Notice to vacate given
2018 Mall closed officially
2018 Demolition completed

Sources

Wikipedia: Schuylkill Mall · supports: after notes, original developer, status, strategy, year closed
15 quoted sentences
The mall closed officially on January 15, 2018.
Crown American, a shopping center development company based in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, opened Schuylkill Mall on October 9, 1980.
an industrial warehouse called Clayco was built to replace it.
Demolition of the mall was completed on September 5, 2018, and an industrial warehouse called Clayco was built to replace it.
Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Schuylkill Mall, Frackville, PA." Record m-eaa451dc22, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/pa/frackville-schuylkill-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_frackvilleschuylkillmall,
  title = {Schuylkill Mall, Frackville, PA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/pa/frackville-schuylkill-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-eaa451dc22, release 2026.10.20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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